Coffee + Creatives Job Listings: 1.8.18

Welcome to the inaugural Coffee + Creatives Job Listings! We are pleased to be partnering with Pyragraph to bring you the latest in gigs, jobs, and funding for creatives around the world.

Coffee + Creatives is a meetup group based in Downtown Albuquerque, with chapters coming soon to the San Francisco Bay Area and Medellín, Colombia. We believe in the value of sharing information, experiences and resources to develop a creative career. Our members learn from each other about balancing those side hustles, finding markets and audiences, managing money, and the range of challenges that musicians, journalists, artists, designers, and other creatives face.

Jobs and funding opportunities included in our listings tend to be flexible and/or remote, though we will include some from our home state of New Mexico.

With that in mind, let’s get to it.

Creative Jobs

Wikimedia is looking for a 40hrs/week design intern from February 1 to March 31, 2018. Will work with Learning and Evaluation teams, and supporting the development of the Wikimedia Resource Center. Must be a current student or a recent graduate pursuing a degree in UX Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Information Systems, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a closely related discipline, or have equivalent experience.

Candidates should have skills in designing gadgets and scripts on wiki (e.g., LUA, JSON, Javascript, Python), familiarity with HTML and CSS, experience in mediawiki mark-up, especially for creating Wikimedia design templates and pages (read more about wiki templates here), interest in designing web content curation systems and user flow, and a strong interest in archival systems, searchability and usable portals on the Wikimedia projects.

Video Game Artist — WRKSHP (remote or San Francisco)

San Francisco-based company looking for a game artist with strong design, drawing and painting skills. Should be well-versed in Photoshop and Illustrator, have 5 years of game dev experience, and a passion for games, music, culture and fashion. Will work on concepts and production assets, including creating characters, environments and UI items, collaborate with design, animation teams etc, manage contractors, and communicate with game design, developers, and QA to ensure high quality work.

Product Marketing Director — ForgeRock (remote)

Corporate marketing for identity and access management tech company, leading a team that delivers whitepapers, product and sales collateral, web copy, product launch plans, event materials, content for demand generation, and evangelism at industry trade event. Ideal candidate has 10-15 years experience working closely with product management and sales, and is an excellent relationship builder and keen observer of technology trends.

Marketing Manager — Anthem Health (remote)

Build, design, and implement market-specific product-marketing plans, lead development of marketing collateral, coordiante with public relations, serve as single point of contact on marketing issues and resolution, provide leadership and direction to marketing support and creative staff. Requires BA/BS degree, 5 years of marketing experience; or any combination of education and experience which would provide an equivalent background, managed care experience preferred.

If you’re looking for a full-time role in a creative company and willing/able to work in Santa Fe, the team at Meow Wolf (fantastical, immersive installation art company) continues to grow. Check out their jobs page for dozens of roles currently open.

Content Creation Manager — Central New Mexico Community College (Albuquerque)

Full-time role for someone with experience in journalism, preferably print or online journalism, and working knowledge of media relations. Experience with website content management and working knowledge of social media. Evidence of strong writing skills that are adaptable to a variety of forums, such as news stories, press releases, social media, copywriting, mass emails, website. Photography/video skills a plus. Steadfast attention to detail for high-quality editing. $48K/year salary, open until filled.

Tribeca Film Institute & ESPN

A $15-20K program is being launched for short documentaries about sports-driven topics, individuals, and communities. Focus is filmmakers who represent a diversity of stories, perspectives, and backgrounds that are historically underrepresented on both sides of the camera.

Up to three projects will be selected to receive the grant, in addition to year-round mentorship from both TFI and high-level industry professionals. Grantees will have several opportunities to screen their work throughout the year, including at a workshop hosted during next year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Deadline: Jan. 28, 2018.

SFFILM Biannual Grant Program

SFFILM(Bay Area-based nonprofit) is partnering with the Westridge Foundation for a new biannual grant program and other resources for narrative filmmakers based across the U.S. Four to five grants of $20-$25K will be given each spring and fall, and applications are now open for the first cycle, which runs through February, 2018.

XL Catlin Art Prize

The XL Catlin Art Prize is now accepting submissions. Art undergrad and grad students are welcome to submit 2-dimensional figurative paintings, drawings, and original prints. First prize: $10,000. Deadline: February 15, 2018.

Funding: LACMA Art + Technology Lab

Los Angeles County Museum of Art call for artists, up to $50K over a 1-year period for projects that engage emerging technology, also includes in-kind assistance from advisors at Hyundai, Accenture, SpaceX, Google, and independent artists and academics. Recent projects involved machine learning, satellite technology, neuroscience, and terrestrial laser scanning.

While there is a preference for projects that explore emerging technology, prior technological experience or knowledge is not required. Artists who have not used advanced technology in their work are encouraged to consider how technology applications might build upon and expand the trajectory of their work.

Let’s Make a Western $5K local filmmaking grant — NM Film Foundation (New Mexico)

New $5K annual grant called “Let’s Make a Western” which will go to a New Mexico Filmmaker towards the cost of making a western film. Film must be completed by October 1, 2018 and be at least 5 minutes long. Filmmakers must supply a one-page resume, a brief description of the film, a 4- to 5-page treatment or description of the story, and if any of the lead actor/crew members are known, their names and skill.

Film should revolve around true New Mexico history, primarily set in the time period 1850-1920 and have horses. The NMFF can help connect the grant winner with appropriate background actors, ranches, western sets, period clothes, horses, firearms, wagons, etc. as needed. Applications open January 1, 2018 through February 28, 2018, winner announced March 31, 2018.

NM True Scholars — NM True / 505 Southwestern (New Mexico)

New program w/$5K scholarship from NM True for students with a connection/commitment to agriculture or the food industry, must be able to provide current federal student financial aid application. Deadline: March 18.

Funding/Partnerships: MacArthur Foundation Journalism & Media

For those of you in film/journalism/professional non-fiction content there are several orgs mentioned here that received $5.7 million from MacArthur. It might be worth looking into respective programs/grants.

Crowdfunding match grants — nextPix

Grants of up to $5K for crowdfunded films that have a humanitarian message + are the first or second feature film of the director. Application is simple, just sending basic info + link to crowdfunding page.

About Coffee + Creatives

Coffee + Creatives is a meetup group and set of online resources based in Downtown Albuquerque, with chapters coming soon to the San Francisco Bay Area and Medellín, Colombia.

The group includes musicians, artists, gallery owners, writers, journalists, filmmakers, designers, web developers, food & beverage entrepreneurs, and an array of other creatives. Share what you’re working on and get feedback from other creatives, find resources, ideas, funding/investment opportunities, and more.